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Fire Ball court
East out of Houndsditch. In Portsoken Ward (25 Eliz. 1583) (Lond. Inq. p.m. III. p. 64) to O.S. 25 i...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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fire-ball
In meteorology, a beautiful phenomenon seen at times, the origin of which is as yet imperfectly acco...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fire Ball Alley
See Partridge Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball
·noun The globe or earth.
II. Ball ·noun A social assembly for the purpose of dancing.
III. Ball ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Le Ball
A tenement so called in parish of St. Martin Pomers, 1 H. VII. (Anc. Deeds, C. 596).
Not further id...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ball
In a general sense, implies a spherical and round body, whether naturally so or formed into that fig...
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Ball Court, Cornhill
South out of Cornhill, at No.38, east of Birchin Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward.
First men...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Blue Ball Court
1) In Cannon Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps
2) East out of Dorset St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Fire
·vt To drive by fire.
II. Fire ·vt To <<Cauterize>>.
III. Fire ·vi To be irritated or inflamed wit...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Fire
1) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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to fire
To fling with the hand, as a stone or other missile.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire!
The order to put the match to the priming, or pull the trigger of a cannon or other fire-arm so as t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Fire
is represented as the symbol of Jehovah's presence and the instrument of his power, in the way eithe...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Ball and Shears Court
South-west out of Houndsditch (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). In Portsoken Ward.
Site now occupied b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Court, Giltspur Street
East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Collmgwood, 1907).
First mention: O. and M...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Court, Jewry Street
West out of Jewry Street. In Aldgate Ward (L.C.C. List of Streets, 1912) at No. 15 (Lockie, 1810).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Court, Mincing Lane
Out of Mincing Lane (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Court, Old Bailey
East out of Old Bailey in Farringdon Ward Without (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799).
Former name : " Bell ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Court, Petticoat Lane
Out of Petticoat Lane (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Court, St. Katherine's
East out of St. Katherine's Lane, a few doors from No.50 Upper East Smithfield (Strype, ed. 1755-Loc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Last and Ball Court
At London Wall, near Carpenters' Hall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Name derived...
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Ball-flower
·noun An ornament resembling a ball placed in a circular flower, the petals of which form a cup roun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Basket ball
·add. ·- A game, usually played indoors, in which two parties of players contest with each other to ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Minie ball
·- A conical rifle bullet, with a cavity in its base plugged with a piece of iron, which, by the exp...
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Puddle-ball
·noun The lump of pasty wrought iron as taken from the puddling furnace to be hammered or rolled.
...
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Smoke ball
·add. ·- ·same·as <<Puffball>>.
...
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Spit ball
·add. ·- A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers ...
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Tether-ball
·add. ·noun A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the ob...
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Volley ball
·add. ·- A game played by volleying a large inflated ball with the hands over a net 7 ft. 6 in. high...
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Whitworth ball
·- A prejectile used in the Whitworth gun.
...
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Ball Yard
In Beech Lane. In Cripplegate Ward Without (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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beilby's ball
He will dance at Beilby's ball, where the sheriff pays the music; he will be hanged. Who Mr. Beilby ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buttock ball
The amorous congress. CANT.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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sheriff's ball
An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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whow ball
A milk-maid: from their frequent use of the word whow, to make the cow stand still in milking. Ball ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pudding-ball
n.
a fish; corruption of theaboriginal name of it, puddinba (q.v.), by the lawof Hobson-Jobson.
18...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fuzz-ball
a species of fungus. N. Called in some parts of England a Puckfoist.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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anchor-ball
A pyrotechnical combustible attached to a grapnel for adhering to and setting fire to ships.
...
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ball-cartridge
For small arms.
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ball-clay
Adhesive strong bottom, brought up by the flukes of the anchors in massy lumps.
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ball-stell
The geometrical instrument named della stella.
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tide-ball
A ball hoisted to denote when the depth of water permits vessels to enter a bar-harbour, or to take ...
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Anthony's Fire
·- ·see Saint Anthony's Fire, under <<Saint>>.
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Ash-fire
·noun A low fire used in chemical operations.
...
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Back fire
·add. ·- A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that whe...
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Back-fire
·add. ·vi To have or experience a back fire or back fires;
— said of an internal-combustion engine....
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Elmo's fire
·- ·see <<Corposant>>; also Saint Elmo's Fire, under <<Saint>>.
...
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Fire beetle
·- A very brilliantly luminous beetle (Pyrophorus noctilucus), one of the elaters, found in Central ...
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Fire-fanged
·adj Injured as by fire; burned;
— said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy ...
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Fire-new
·adj Fresh from the forge; bright; quite new; brand-new.
...
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Fire-set
·noun A set of fire irons, including, commonly, tongs, shovel, and poker.
...
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Knobbling fire
·- A bloomery fire. ·see <<Bloomery>>.
...
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Pin-fire
·add. ·adj Having a firing pin to explode the cartridge; as, a pin-fire rifle.
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Rapid-fire
·add. ·adj ·Alt. of Rapid-firing.
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Rim-fire
·add. ·adj Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-...
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fire priggers
Villains who rob at fires under pretence of assisting in removing the goods.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fire ship
A wench who has the venereal disease.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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fire shovel
He or she when young, was fed with a fire shovel; a saying of persons with wide mouths.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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spit fire
A violent, pettish, or passionate person.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bush-fire
n.
forests and grass on fire in hotsummers.
1868. C. Dilke, `Greater Britain,' vol. ii. part iii. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-stick
n.
name given to thelighted stick which the Australian natives frequently carryabout, when moving f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fire-tree
n.
a tree of New Zealand; anothername for Pohutukawa (q.v.). For QueenslandFire-tree, see Tulip-tre...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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to fire away
To begin; to go on. An expression borrowed from the language of soldiers and sailors.
A well-known ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire-cracker
A little paper cylinder filled with powder or combustible matter, imported from China. It receives i...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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fire-new
New from the forge; brand-new.--Johnson. This old and nearly obsolete expression is sometimes used b...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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cold fire
a fire laid ready for lighting. York.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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shel fire
electric sparks, often seen on clothes at night. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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fire-elding
The word Fire is redundant; for Elding itself means fuel.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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fire-flaughts
lightning, or the northern lights. N.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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fire-potter
a poker. Lane.
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concentrated fire
The bringing the whole or several guns to bear on a single point.
...
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curved fire
A name coming into use with the increasing application of the fire of heavy and elongated shells to ...
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direct fire
One of the five varieties into which artillerists usually divide horizontal fire (which see).
...
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enfilade fire
Is that which sweeps a line of works or men from one end to the other; it is on land nearly the equi...
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fire-flaire
See fiery-flaw
...
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fire-arms
Every description of arms that discharge missiles by gunpowder, from the heaviest cannon to a pistol...
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fire-arrows
Missiles in olden times carrying combustibles; much used in the sea-fights of the middle ages.
...
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fire-away
Go on with your remarks.
...
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fire-balls
Are used for destroying vessels run aground, and firing buildings. They are made of a composition of...
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fire-bare
An old term from the Anglo-Saxon for beacon.
...
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fire-bars
The range fronting a steam-boiler.
...
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fire-bill
The distribution of the officers and crew in case of the alarm of fire, a calamity requiring judicio...
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fire-booms
Long spars swung out from a ship's side to prevent the approach of fire-ships, fire-stages, or vesse...
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fire-box
A space crossing the whole front of the boiler over the furnace doors, opposite the smoke-box.
...
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fire-buckets
Canvas, leather, or wood buckets for quarters, each fitted with a sinnet laniard of regulated length...
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fire-door
An access to the fire-place of an engine.
...
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fire-drake
A meteor, or the Corpo Santo. Also, a peculiar fire-work, which Shakspeare in Henry VIII. thus menti...
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fire-eater
One notoriously fond of being in action; much humbled by iron-clads.
...
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fire-flaughts
The aurora borealis, or northern lights.
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fire-hearth
The security base of the galley-range and all its conveniences.
...
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fire-hoops
A combustible invented by the knights of Malta to throw among their besiegers, and afterwards used i...
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fire-lock
Formerly the common name for a musket; the fire-arm carried by a foot-soldier, marine, or small-arm ...
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fire-rafts
Timber constructions bearing combustible matters, used by the Chinese to destroy an enemy's vessel.
...
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fire-rails
See rails.
...
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fire-roll
A peculiar beat of the drum to order people to their stations on an alarm of fire. Summons to quarte...
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fire-screens
Pieces of fear-nought, a thick woollen felt put round the hatchways in action.
...
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fire-ship
A vessel filled with combustible materials, and fitted with grappling-irons, to hook and set fire to...
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fire-swab
The bunch of rope-yarns sometimes secured to the tompion, saturated with water to cool the gun in ac...
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fire-works
See pyrotechny.
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galling-fire
A sustained discharge of cannon, or small arms, which by its execution greatly annoys the enemy.
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grazing-fire
That which sweeps close to the surface it defends.
...
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gun-fire
The morning or evening guns, familiarly termed "the admiral falling down the hatchway."
...
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hang-fire
When the priming burns without igniting the cartridge, or the charge does not rapidly ignite after p...
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horizontal fire
From artillery, is that in which the piece is laid either direct on the object, or with but small el...
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plunging fire
A pitching discharge of shot from a higher level, at such an angle that the shot do not ricochet.
...
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port-fire
A stick of composition, generally burning an inch a minute, used to convey fire from the slow-match ...
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vertical fire
In artillery, that directed upward at such an angle as that it will fall vertically, or nearly so, t...
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Court
·noun The session of a judicial assembly.
II. Court ·noun Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecc...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Court
The enclosure of the tabernacle (Ex. 27:9-19; 40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Neh....
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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court
In New England this word is applied to a legislative body composed of a House of Representatives and...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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Court
(Heb. chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most co...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Rose and Ball Court. Addle Hill
See Rose Court.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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ball-and-socket
A clever adaptation to give astronomical or surveying instruments full play and motion every way by ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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ball-off, to
To twist rope-yarns into balls, with a running end in the heart for making spun-yarn.
...
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Rapid-fire mount
·add. ·- A mount permitting easy and quick elevation or depression and training of the gun, and fitt...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Flame of fire
Is the chosen symbol of the holiness of God (Ex. 3:2; Rev. 2:18), as indicating "the intense, all-co...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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Fire of London
In 1666, from September 2nd to 6th.
Commenced at the house of a baker in Pudding Lane, near London ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Sun Fire Office
See Bank Buildings1, Cornhill.
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to fire a slug
To drink a dram.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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hell fire dick
The Cambridge driver of the Telegraph. The favorite companion of the University fashionables, and th...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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elmo's fire, st.
See compasant.
...
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fire, loss by
Is within the policy of insurance, whether it be by accident, or by the fault of the master or marin...
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fire-and-lights
Nickname of the master-at-arms.
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fire-hearth-carline
The timber let in under the beams on which the fire-hearth stands, with pillars underneath, and choc...
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repeating fire-arm
One by which a number of charges, previously inserted, may be fired off in rapid succession, or afte...
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Cullum Court, Cullums Court
West out of Rood Lane. In Langbourn Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755).
The site is now occupied by...
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Ball, Sir Robert Stawell
LL.D., F.R.S.
(b. 1840)
Scientific writer. The Story of the Heavens (1885), Starland (1889), The S...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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Ball Alley, Aldersgate Street
East out of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without, near the Gate (Hatton, 1708-Boyle, 1799)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, Cannon Street
Out of Cannon Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, Lime Street
East out of Lime Street, near the middle (Hatton, 1708-Elmes, 1831).
The site is now occupied by Fe...
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Ball Alley, Lombard Street
North out of Lombard Street at No. 54 on the west side of All Hallows Church (P.O. Directory). In La...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Alley, London Wall
South out of London Wall. In Broad Street Ward (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
First mention: In Ward...
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Ball Alley, Sherbourne Lane
At. No. 5 Sherbourne Lane, opposite the Post Office Yard.
A dark passage leading into St. Swithin's...
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Ball Alley, St. Katherine's
Out of St. Katherine's Lane, East Smithfield (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
...
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Ball Alley, Thames Street
South out of Thames Street to the Thames, east of Black-boy Alley in Castle Baynard Ward (Leake, 166...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Ball Yard, Giltspur Street
See Ball Court, Giltspur Street.
...
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Leg and Ball Alley
South out of London Wall, in parish of All Hallows, London Wall, in Broad Street Ward.
Broad Street...
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Base-court
·noun An inferior court of law, not of record.
II. Base-court ·noun The secondary, inferior, or rea...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Court tennis
·- ·see under <<Tennis>>.
...
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Court-baron
·noun An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron...
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Court-craft
·noun The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.
...
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Court-cupboard
·noun A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on s...
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Court-leet
·noun A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the st...
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Court-martial
·vt To subject to trial by a court-martial.
II. Court-martial ·noun A court consisting of military ...
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Court-martialed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Court-martial.
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Court-martialing
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Court-martial.
...
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Court-plaster
·noun Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, com...
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Adam's Court
1) East out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 120). No further reference...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(St.) Alban's Court
West out of Wood Street at No.91 with a passage south to Oat Lane (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Allen's Court
1) North out of Leadenhall Street, east of St. Andrew Undershaft Church (Strype, ed. 1720-Boyle, 179...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Amen Court
West and north from Amen Corner and west out of Warwick Lane at No.12. In Farringdon Ward Within (P....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Court
1) East out of Milton Street in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746 to O.S. 1880).
At No.68 in L...
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Annabaptist Court
See Baptist's Head Court, Whitecross Street.
...
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Apollo Court
North out of Fleet Street, west of Chancery Lane, in Farringdon Ward Without, part of Bell Yard (Roc...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Arnold's Court
South out of Barbican, in Aldersgate Ward Without (Strype, 172O-Boyle, 1799).
Site now occupied by ...
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Artichoak Court
West out of White Cross Street, in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
See Articho...
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Artichoke Court
South out of Cannon Street at No. 32, east of Green Lettuce Lane. In Candlewick Ward (O. and M. 1677...
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Ashantree Court
See Ashentree Court [Ashentbee?] Court, Temple Street.
...
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Ashentbee [Ashentree?] Court
North out of Temple Street, Whitefriars, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Now c...
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Ashentree Court
North out of George Yard and Magpie Alley, within the precinct of Whitefriars (O.S. 1880).
See Ashe...
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Ashman's Court
West out of Temple Street to the Temple. In Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831).
Not further iden...
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Ashurst's Court
North out of Distaff Lane, west of Cordwainers' Hall, in Bread Street Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site n...
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Austin's Court
East out of St. Mary Hill, north of Cross Lane (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 173). In Billingsgate Ward....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Back Court
North out of Cloth Fair at No.21 and east, parallel to and between Long Lane and Cloth Fair (P.O. Di...
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Bakehouse Court
See Paul's Bakehouse Court.
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Balam's Court
Out of Angel Alley in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Strype 1720).
The site is now occupied by the lines...
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Baldwin's Court
North out of Cloak Lane at No.18, east of Tower Royal, in Vintry Ward (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
F...
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Bane's Court
West out of Old Jewry, north of St. Olave's Church. In Coleman Street Ward (O. and M. 1677).
In Str...
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Bangor Court
West out of Shoe Lane at No.63, in Farringdon Ward Without (W. Stow, 1722-Elmes, 1832).
The site wa...
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Barbican Court
North out of Barbican at No.67 in Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory).
First mention: Horwood,...
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Barbolt Court
In Fleet Street in 1653 (H. MSS. Com. 5th Rep. 394). Not named in the maps.
...
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Barking Court
On the south side of Great Tower Street at No.40 (L.C.C. list, 1912). In Tower Ward.
So called in 1...
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(St.) Bartholomew Court
East out of Pie Corner, Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799).
N...
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Bartlett Court
South out of Holborn between Bartlett's Buildings and Thavies Inn (Strype, 1720-Elmes, 1831).
In O....
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Bas Court, Barbican
Houses with gardens called "La Bas Court" by Crypelgate, 5 Ed. III.1331 (Cal. P.R. Ed. III.1330-4, p...
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Basinghall Court
East out of Basinghall Street, with a passage north to London Wall (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). In Bassi...
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Bassishaw Court
See Basinghall Court.
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Bear Court
1) East out of Giltspur Street, in Farringdon Ward Without (Strype, 1720 and 1755).
Site now occupi...
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Beare Court
In the parish of St. Andrew in the Wardrobe, 1648 (Ct. H.W. II. 765).
Not further identified.
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Beckford Court
See Gateway Entrance.
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Bedford Court
Out of Basinghall Street (Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Beech Court
North out of Beech Street at No.42 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate Ward Without.
Name first given ...
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Beehive Court
South out of Little St. Thomas Apostle at No.15, in Cordwainer Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
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Bell Court
1) West out of Foster Lane, in Aldersgate Ward (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816), north of Bell Square.
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Bell's Court
In St. Michael's Lane (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
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Bengal Court
East out of Birchin Lane at No.21 (P.O. Directory). In Cornhill Ward. So named July, 1906 (L.C.C. Li...
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Berry Court
1) South out of Love Lane at No.6. In Cripplegate Ward Within (Elmes, 1831). (Seems to be shown in O...
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Bethlem Court
See Old Bethlem.
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Bevis Court
East out of Basinghall Street. In Bassishaw Ward (L.C.C. List, 1901).
First mention: Horwood, 1799....
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Bewitt's Court
East out of Fetter Lane. In Farringdon Ward Without.
See Blewitt's Buildings.
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Bib's Court
West out of Mugwell Street, in Farringdon Ward Within (detached) (O. and M. 1677).
Site now occupie...
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Billet Court
East out of Billiter Street. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799).
Other names : "Billiter Co...
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Billiter Court
1) North-west out of Billiter Square (O.S. 1880).
It seems to be shown in Rocque, 1746, but not nam...
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Bird's Court
West out of Philip Lane. In Cripplegarte Ward Within (Elmes, 1831), to Little Wood Street (Hatton,17...
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Bishops Court
1) In Chick Lane (W. Stow, 1722).
Not further identified.
2) West out of Old Bailey at No.17 (P.O....
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Bishop's Court
1) West out of Coleman Street at No.6. In Coleman Street Ward. (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
The si...
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Bishopshead Court
See Bishops Court2, Old Bailey.
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Blackamore Court
West out of Petticoat Lane and north to Seven Step Alley (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 27 and ed. 1755)....
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Brush Court
South out of Upper East Smithfield, the second turning east from St. Katherine's Lane (Horwood, 1799...
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